Showing posts with label smart phones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smart phones. Show all posts

Monday, August 24, 2026

How to fix a hotspot that is not working on Moto E13

Apart from basic checks such as checking 

  • Mobile Data is on and you can load web pages directly on the phone
  • Hotspots is on
  • Data Saver & Battery Saver are off 
If the hotspot is still not working, reset Network Settings:

Go to Settings > System > Reset options. Tap Reset Wi-Fi, mobile & Bluetooth and confirm. This refreshes all network drivers without deleting personal files. Restart your phone afterward. 

This resolved my hotspot issue on moto e13.

Tuesday, August 01, 2023

Minimal internal storage in a smartphone

Modern smartphones now ship with 32GB as a standard, and lower storage options than that are becoming hard to come by. Even most phones in the sub-$100 category will include at least 32GB of storage. With 32GB being the minimum, the standard choice for most smartphone companies has become 64GB.

Thursday, April 03, 2014

How to fix "adb devices" can't find Android device on Windows

Problem
Google Nexus 7 
Windows 7
Installed the latest Android sdk
"adb devices" couldn't find Android device when it was plugged in and USB debugging enabled

How to solve it

1. Adding the new device reference in android_winusb.inf
in C:\Android\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver

Right click your Android device in your computer's "Device Manager", select "properties", Details Tab and from the dropdown Property list select "Hardware Ids". Copy the 2 values in your clipboard.

Edit the android_winusb.inf file included with the Google USB Drivers (the location on my machine is "C:\Android\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver" and add these lines using the 2 values in your clipboard:

; your device model
%SingleAdbInterface%        = USB_Install, Clipboard first value
%CompositeAdbInterface%     = USB_Install, Clipboard second value


after the last lines of the [Google.NTx86] section.

2. Updated the drivers in your computer's Device Manager. (You need admin right to do this)

Device Manager -> Portable devices, right click the Android device in Device Manager -> Change settings (need admin right), uninstall the Android usb driver completely

unplug your Android device, re-plug back in,
update the driver, and manually point it to the google usb driver in "C:\Android\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver" (just select this directory)

3. In Command window, run 'adb devices'.
At this point adb should recognize the device (as an unauthorized device)

4. You will then see a dialog on your Android device, asking whether to accept an RSA key that allows debugging through this computer. Click Ok

(if you don't see this dialog on your phone, unplug your phone from the computer and plug it back in.)

run 'adb devices' again
This time the device will be authorized.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

GPS based games on smart phones

Foursquare
Turf Wars
Geocaching
Zombies Run
Dokobots

Augmented Reality games
Ingress
GeoBoids

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